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Victorian Christmas Candies

December 5, 2009 | 2
Victorian Christmas Candies

From the December 1898 issue of The People’s Home Journal Peanut Candy One cupful molasses, two cupfuls sugar, one tablespoonful vinegar, one tablespoonful butter, and one teaspoonful vanilla. Boil ten minutes, or longer, if necessary, then pour over one cupful peanuts. Peppermint Two cupfuls granulated sugar, six tablespoonfuls boiling water. Boil three minutes, take off [...]

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Make Your Own Victorian Candy

December 5, 2009 | 0
Make Your Own Victorian Candy

Now is the joyous season of the year when, if you are only acquainted with the precious secret of their preparation, you can make for yourself, with ten minutes’ work, candies more delicious than were purchased at the most expensive confectioners’. The latter never have this particular sort of candies for sale, because they will [...]

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